Verdict: MythReal story: "A March 2014 article reported that due to changes in Connecticut gun
laws effective 1 January 2014, some residents received letters about
subsequently banned items they were required by law to sell or destroy."

Sign welcoming visitors to Connecticut also apologizing for President Bush

Verdict: MythReal story: An image made rounds online showing the Connecticut welcome sign with a smaller sign underneath saying "we apologize." This referred to the fact that President George W. Bush was born in New Haven. The picture was fake.

Verdict: MythReal story: While the site for The ScHOLA²RS House, which stands for "Scholastic
House Of Leaders who are African-American Researchers & Scholars,"
does state that African-American males are given preference, all races
are invited to apply. Opening in the fall, it will be part of one floor of the seven-floor
NextGen Hall, and it will house 40 to 50 male students, primarily
studying the STEM fields.

Verdict: Truth (kind of )Real story: In 2015, Milford schools decided to ban Halloween parades in the city's elementary schools due to "numerous incidents of children being excluded from activities due to religion, cultural beliefs, etc.” The parades ban was eventually lifted and the Halloweeners were allowed to march.

Verdict: TruthReal story: Jennifer Connell claimed in courth that her 8-year-old nephew was negligent when he jumped in her arms at his birthday party in Westport, knocked her down and broke her wrist. She testified that the injury made it hard for her to hold a plate of hors d’oeuvres at her job and sought $127,000 in damages from the boy. The jury took the boy's side. Read more

Verdict: MythReal story: In March of 2016, a hoax site posted a story the Justin Timberlake was relocating to Norwalk. Many people took the bait, but the site the rumor originated states plainly "All news articles on wleb21.com are satire or pure fantasy."

In 1923, the stone remains of a once flourishing colonial community
that straddled Stamford and New Canaan were submerged by the water
company to make way for a 265-acre lake known as the Laurel Reservoir.During droughts, stone walls that once
lined pastures and barnyards in Dan Town were reported to have been
spotted as well as the makings of well-trodden dirt roads. Read more.

"When Candlewood Lake was created in the 1920s inhabitants were
relocated elsewhere, but many of the buildings in the valley were left
standing and a considerable amount of personal property, including a
great deal of farm equipment, was left behind. The roads that
connected modern day Brookfield and New Milford with New Fairfield were
not torn up before the valley was flooded and Scuba Divers, with the aid
of either of the two local dive shops in Brookfield, can investigate
remnants of the pre-lake era, even following the roads underwater.
Divers have noted highlights that include Model T Fords, plane wreckage
from craft that have hit the lake since its creation, and covered
bridges from the pre-lake era." - damnedct.com

Verdict: TruthReal story: "Skull and Bones, with all its ritual and macabre relics, was founded in
1832 as a new world version of secret student societies that were
common in Germany at the time. Since then, it has chosen or 'tapped'
only 15 senior students a year who become patriarchs when they
graduate–lifetime members of the ultimate old boys' club.

Bonesmen,
as they're called, are forbidden to reveal what goes on in their inner
sanctum, the windowless building on the Yale campus that is called the
Tomb." - CBS

Elite
members of the society include George W. Bush, Prescott Bush (who is
rumored to have robbed the grave of Apache leader, Geronimo) and John
Kerry.

"The group has been blamed for everything from the creation of the nuclear bomb to the Kennedy assassination." - TIME

Snopes tackles some Connecticut myths like Milford banned Halloween and UConn is segregating its students.

Click through the slideshow above to check out some Connecticut legends and myths - both true and false.

While most myths are all in good fun, unfortunately, Connecticut has been targeted by hurtful conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook tragedy never happened. Many people know all too well that the events of December 14, 2012 were real and continue to cause pain. Thankfully, Snopes debunks all theories of the shooting being a hoax.